Posted by GERALD BALUA on May 27, 19104 at 11:38:23:

In Reply to: Re: need meaning of gerald stern's poem posted by cindy morgan on March 13, 19101 at 21:36:34:

: : : Burying an Animal on the way to New York---

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: : : Don't flinch when you come across a dead animal lying on the road;
: : : you are being shown the secret of life.
: : : Drive slowly over the brown flesh; you are helping to bury it.
: : : If you are the last mourner there will be no caress
: : : at all from the crushed limbs and you will have to slide over the dark spot imagining
: : : the first suffering all by yourself
: : : Shreds of spirit and little ghost fragments will be spread out
: : : for two miles above the white highway.
: : : Slow down with your radio off and your window open to hear the twittering as you go by.

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